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Model of Tesla Coil

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Model of Tesla Coil

Category

Science and Technology

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CHENHALL - Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology - Electrical & Magnetic T&E - Electrical System Components - Transformer - Transformer, Resonant - Coil, Tesla

Physical Characteristics

Object Description: Copper coil wrapped around a black pole and mounted on a black metal circular base. There is a clear glass clindrical cover with a copper coil wrapped around its base. There are two (2) small brass-colored metal spheres on cylinders mounted on either side of the cover.

Measurements: Object:
    Height: 12.5 in, Diameter: 7.5 in
    Weight: 4.6 lbs

Credit

Received from Armour Institute of Technology, 31.660

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Model of Tesla Coil

About: Model of Tesla Coil

About: Model of Tesla Coil

Similar to the original Tesla coil invented by Nikola Tesla (1856 - 1943) in 1891, this smaller version of a Tesla coil from the 1890s or 1900s was used in educational demonstrations to produce high voltage, low current, electricity. After a transformer boosts the Tesla coil’s voltage, the first wire coil stores the voltage until it exceeds capacity and jumps across the spark gap, charging the second coil until it ionizes the surrounding air and radiates as a stream of lightning.

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